Dark Red
Dark Red (#A90013) is a mid-tone, vivid red with a warm feel (HSL 353°, 100%, 33%). It suits bold branding, restaurant menus and holiday cards. Pair it with Dark Coral or the harmonies below, and check the contrast table before using it for small text.
- HEX
#A90013 - RGB
rgb(169, 0, 19) - HSL
hsl(353, 100%, 33%) - CMYK
0, 100, 89, 34
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker steps of Dark Red, 10% apart. Click a swatch to copy its code.
Tints (towards white)
Shades (towards black)
Color harmonies
Palettes built from Dark Red with colour-wheel rules. Use them for invitation suites, brand kits and web layouts.
Complementary#A90013 #00A996
Analogous#A90068 #A90013 #A94100
Triadic#A90013 #13A900 #0013A9
Split complementary#A90013 #00A942 #0068A9
Tetradic#A90013 #68A900 #00A996 #4100A9
Monochrome#D88C95 #BE404E #A90013 #7F000E #54000A
Contrast and accessibility
WCAG 2.1: 4.5:1 or more passes AA for normal text, 3:1 for large text, 7:1 passes AAA.
Designs in Dark Red
Print designs from our catalogue whose colour variant is closest to #A90013. Each one is personalized and printed to order.
Build a wedding palette with Dark Red · Use it in a brand kit
CSS and code
--dark-red-2: #a90013;
color: #a90013;
background-color: #a90013;
/* rgb(169, 0, 19) · hsl(353, 100%, 33%) */Machine-readable: /data/colors.json